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# Entities

In the world of Content Management we often use the term ***content type*** for content definitions like pages, blogs, events, teams, portfolio, etc. In our docs we also use the term *content type*.\
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In the code however, we use the term ***entity***.

In Lara CMS an *entity* is the definition of a content type. It contains all the characteristics of that content type: standard fields, custom fields, use of media, filters, categories, tags, relations with other entities, frontend views, sorting, etc. etc.

The characteristics of all the entities are stored in the **database**, but they are fully **cached** for better performance.